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Gold Foil and Calamus Pills,Wind-pathogen.

Formulas Name : Gold Foil and Calamus Pills

Chinese Name : 金箔牛黄丸

Drug Formulation

10 sheets of gold foil (ground), 1 liang of ox bile (ground), 1 liang of borneol (ground), 1 fen of rhinoceros horn (chopped),1 fen of Amber (ground), 1 fen of Ginseng, 2 liang of Cinnabar (ground and washed with water), 2 liang of Poria (black skin removed), half a liang of White Flower Snake (soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted), half a liang of Gastrodia, 1 liang of White Aconite (roasted), 1 liang of White Silkworm (roasted), and 1 liang of Licorice (roasted, chopped).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 13.

Processing

Grind each of the above herbs into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a cherry, and coat them with gold leaf.

Benefits

Wind-pathogen.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with warm peppermint tea; tea or wine may also be used. For regular use, take half a pill at any time.

Gold Foil and Calamus Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 13.,Wind-pathogen.

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